Further Russian attacks on Finnish south coast were beaten
off. Fighting continued on the ice of Viipuri Bay.
Heinkel raider brought down by the British Royal Air Force
(RAF) fighter command patrol of north coast of Scotland.
The British air ministry announced that machines of bomber
and coastal command is attacked three German patrol vessels
near Borkum.
Two
Heinkel
He 111 aircraft encountered over the North Sea were engaged
and seen to be hit.
Bombing attack made on the night of
7-8
March 1940, on naval auxiliary vessels near Sylt.
In the course of reconnaissance the British Royal Air Force
(RAF) aircraft flew over Posen in western Poland, longest
flight of the war.
Information was made public of protective device against magnetic
mines, consisting of girdle of cables, which neutralises the
ship's magnetic field.
British steamer, Counsellor was sunk off North West coast.
Many fishing trawlers reported attacks from enemy aircraft.
Survivors of the Italian steamer Amelia Lauro reported Luftwaffe
bomber.
The German ship Uruguay scuttled herself in the north Atlantic.
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March
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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